Rugby star's Worcester Park mum sentenced after spending years trying to get out of fraud convictions

A fraudster who conned Sutton taxpayers out of more than £60,000 has been prosecuted after spending years trying to wriggle out of being punished.

Worcester Park woman Lynne Hampson, whose son Sam Hampson is a professional rugby player, was found guilty of falsely claiming income support and council tax benefit while earning thousands of pounds each month by renting out rooms in her seven-bedroom Langley Avenue property four years ago.

Hampson's rugby-playing son Sam

But she has spent time since then trying to get out of being punished while legal experts unravelled the false identities she tried to use to make her fraudulent claims.

Now she has finally been punished after a judge at Croydon Crown Court last week sentenced her to 28 days in prison suspended for a year.

So Gerald Almeroth feels it is 'important' that these people are caught, but why is it important if they are then going to be let off with a warning?

This women has been caught in the act and no punishment has been given. There is no disincentive to other people doing the same thingit. There is only a small chance they will be caught, and even if they are they will be let off.

The courts are actually encouraging this type of behaviour. There is no mention of her having to pay back the money, but I assume this was the case?

So Gerald Almeroth feels it is 'important' that these people are caught, but why is it important if they are then going to be let off with a warning?
This women has been caught in the act and no punishment has been given. There is no disincentive to other people doing the same thingit. There is only a small chance they will be caught, and even if they are they will be let off.
The courts are actually encouraging this type of behaviour. There is no mention of her having to pay back the money, but I assume this was the case?DB